A bipartisan group of senators begin a fifth full day of debating changes to the immigration reform bill Tuesday. So far, the so-called mark-up process has left the sweeping overhaul of the nation’s immigration laws—which would legalize most of the country’s 11 million undocumented immigrants—largely untouched. On Tuesday, the senators will address some of the [...]
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Immigration reform bill largely untouched going into fifth day of debate
By admin on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013 | Comments Off
Portland Fluoridation Vote Reignites Debate
By admin on Monday, May 20th, 2013 | Comments Off
Voters in Portland, Ore., will decide tomorrow (May 21) whether the city will begin fluoridating its water. For weeks, residents have been contentiously debating water fluoridation, the addition of fluoride to public water supplies for the purpose of reducing cavities and tooth decay. Science News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Human Cloning? Stem Cell Advance Reignites Ethics Debate
By admin on Saturday, May 18th, 2013 | Comments Off
A new stem cell discovery has reawakened controversy about human cloning — though technical challenges mean scientists are far from being able to create human babies as in Michael Bay's 2005 sci-fi flick "The Island." Science News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Right-to-die debate: Should the law allow assisted suicide?
By admin on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 | Comments Off
The issue of assisted dying is in the spotlight this week as right-to-die campaigners Jane Nicklinson and Paul Lamb take their appeals to the High Court. Lord Falconer is also launching his parliamentary bid to legalise assisted dying. Yahoo! News UK & Ireland – Latest World News & UK News Headlines
Read More...Deficit Debate Gets a Reset
By admin on Friday, May 10th, 2013 | Comments Off
The federal deficit is shrinking faster than expected due to surging tax revenue and bailout paybacks, altering the budget debate. WSJ.com: Economy
Read More...Obama wades back into the health care debate
By admin on Friday, May 10th, 2013 | Comments Off
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at shoring up key components of the sweeping federal overhaul and staving off yet another challenge from Republicans. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Geopolitics Raised in Gas-Export Debate
By admin on Monday, May 6th, 2013 | Comments Off
The debate over whether the U.S. should export some of its natural-gas bonanza is increasingly shaped by geopolitical implications. WSJ.com: Economy
Read More...Godolphin scandal raises debate on steroid use
By admin on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 | Comments Off
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The doping scandal that led to the downfall of Godolphin trainer Mahmood al-Zarooni could ultimately lead to a global ban on anabolic steroids in horse racing. Sports News Headlines – Yahoo! News
Read More...Sanford deflects talk of affair in South Carolina debate
By admin on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 | Comments Off
By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Former Governor Mark Sanford deflected criticism of an extramarital affair leveled in a debate on Monday by his opponent for a South Carolina congressional seat, political newcomer Elizabeth Colbert Busch. Sanford, a Republican, is hoping to revive his political career after he famously disappeared from the state [...]
Read More...Sanford, Colbert Busch Clash In Sole Debate Before Election
By admin on Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 | Comments Off
Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, a Republican, and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch, faced off Monday night in the only debate before a special congressional election in South Carolina. Sanford is trying to make a comeback after he lied about an affair with an Argentine woman while he was in office. His ex-wife has also [...]
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